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失sat1眠min4

sat1 min4shī mián

English

  1. to suffer from insomnia
  2. insomnia; sleepless

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 瞓唔著覺;唔可以進入睡眠

Examples

  • 我失眠。

    I can't sleep at night.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 坐喺黑暗入面用電腦打字,佢聽到朝早有雀仔嘅叫聲,先至發覺自己已經瞓咗成晚,但係個失眠者仍然唔肯瞓覺。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 我有失眠症。

    I can't sleep at night.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 小李經常失眠,因为他的鄰居老是大聲地吵架。

    Xiaoli often loses sleep because his neighbours are always arguing loudly.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 我琴晚失眠,所以今日個黑眼圈勁深。

    I could not sleep last night so I have severe dark eye circles today.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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